188 Georg Kükenthal. — Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae-Cypereae. 



morphi: statu juvenili ex eodem rhizomate culmi inferne foliati foliis longis 3 — 4 mm latis 

 obsiti triquetri sursum scabri et apice bracteis 2 — 3 foliaceis longis terminati exsurgentes 

 et culmi aphylli obtuse trigoni laeves inferne nonnisi vaginis longis tubulosis rubiginosis 

 ore ampliato oblique sectis distantibus obsiti et bracteis brevissimis squamiformibus 

 cuspidatis terminati; statu posteriore nonnisi culmi aphylli emittuntur. Anthela simplex 

 plerumque condensata 1 % — 2 cm diam. 2 — 6-radiata, radii breves summum 2 cm longi 

 firmuli interdum deflexi. Spiculae 3 — 8-nim digitatae rarius singulae lineari-lanceolatae 

 vel oblongo-lanceolatae 8 — 16 mm longae 2 — 2 14 mm latae acutae interdum curvatae 

 subcompressae. Rhachilla recta anguste alata. Squamae sublaxe imbricatae apice patulae 

 chartaceae ovato-lanceolatae fuscae 11-costatae e carina viridi sursum scabrida breviter 

 acuminatae. Stamina 3, antherae longae lineares conspicue albo-setiferae. Stylus et 

 Stigmata 3 longa. Nux 14 squamae aequans subobovato-oblonga trigona brunnea vix 

 apiculata. 



Malagassisches Gebiet: Wälder und sehr schattige Stellen, feuchte Gneisfelsen 

 in Centralmadagaskar zwischen 1800 und 2400 m: Massiv des Andringitra, Wälder 

 mit krautigem Unterwuchs und kurz vorher abgebrannte Plätze (PerrierdelaBäthie 

 n. 13 738! 13 738b! 14 563); Ankaratra (Perrier de la Bäthie n. 2731!); Bassin de la 

 Monia (Perrier de la Bäthie n. 12407!); sine loco (Baron n. 3374!). 



var. ß. triqueter Chermezon in Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris XXVII. (1921) 553 et in 

 Ann. Mus. colon. Mars. 1. c. 19. — Culmi vere triquetri. Spiculae saepius singulae. 



Central-Madagaskar: Massiv des Manongarivo unter ericoidem Buschwerk 

 2200 m (Perrier de la Bäthie n. 13739!); Massiv des Andringitra, unter ericoidem 

 Gebüsch und in Wäldern an feuchten Stellen von 2000 — 2400 m (Perrier de la Bäthie 

 n. 13731! 14564!). 



var. y. calochrous (Chermezon) Kükenth. comb. nova. — C. cdlochrous Chermezon 

 in Bull. Soc. bot. Fr. LXVI. (1919) 342 et in Ann. Mus. colon. Mars. 1. c. 19. — Culmi 

 ad bimetrales subteretes, \agina suprema plerumque ore evidentius coriaceo-laminata. 

 Spiculae lanceolatae 3 — 3^ mm latae. Squamae dense imbricatae coriaceae atro-purpureae 

 lucidae. 



Central-Madagaskar: Massiv des Andringitra, feuchte Granitfelsen 1600m 

 (PerrierdelaBäthie n. 2521 !); torfige Gründe 2000— 2600 m (PerrierdelaBäthie 

 n. 14411!). ■ 



125. C. marginatus Thunb. Prodr. pl. capens. (1794) 18 et Fl. capens. ed. Schultes 

 (1823) 100; Boeck. 1. c. 571; Ridl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 2. ser. Bot. II. (1884) 136; 

 C. B. Clarke in Durand et Schinz, 1. c. 568, in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. capens. VII. (1897) 173 

 et in Th.-Dyer, Fl. trop. Afr. VIII. (1902) 339. — C. prolifer Nees in LinnaeaVII. (1832) 

 494 p.p. — C. fonticola Kunth, I.e. (1837) 36; Steud. I.e. 22. — C. prionodes Steud, 

 I.e. (1855) 22. — C. brunneo-vaginatus Boeck. in Englers Bot. Jahrb. XI. (1890) 407; 

 C. B. Clarke in Durand et Schinz, 1. c. 550. — Glaucovirens. Rhizoma horizontaliter 

 repens lignosum crassum in intervallis brevibus culmos florentes emittens. Culmi 

 30 — 90 cm alti validi teretiusculi vel apice obsolete trigoni striati aphylli parte inferiore 

 vaginis longis sursum accrescentibus brunneis ore ampliato purpurascentibus oblique 

 sectis, summa saepe in laminam brevem rigidam excedente, muniti. Bracteae 2 — 3 

 suberectae demum patentes angustae rigidae marginibus spinulosis involutis apice 

 pungentes inflorescentia multo breviores raro subaequilongae. Anthela simplex vel 

 composita pluri- vel pauciradiata vel immo ad caput unicum reducta, radii breves 

 inaequales summum 4 cm longi. Spiculae 3 — 10-nim digitatim confertae oblongo-lanceo- 

 latae acutae 6 — 12 mm longae 2^4 — 3 mm latae compressae 10 — 30-florae. Rhachilla 

 recta rigida exalata. Squamae spissae membranaceae ovato-lanceolatae e carina viridi 

 tricostata brevissime mucronatae lateribus sanguineae vel castaneae lucidae marginibus 

 late albo-hyalinae. Stamina 3, filamenta lata, antherae longae lineares flavidae apice 

 longe albo-setiferae. Stylus longus, Stigmata 3 breviter exserta. Nux % squamae 

 aequans ellipsoidea triangularis brunnea dense punctulata apiculata. 



